Weather and community notes from Ava show and stock event
Fair weather with morning fog thinning after sunrise except last Sunday when drizzle lingered in the Big Bend rail area. Stock show participants praised. steer judging enjoyed in sunshine. Local families and students from Sul Ross and Tarleton connected. Jean Pate named new chief of lice effective Feb 1.
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Lower Big Bend
Wilma Meixner
Jack Stovell
Jimmy Gibson
James Dyer
Fort Davis
Jean Pate
Jean Pates
Jean
Keesey
Mary Ellen) Kimball
Clarence Chandler
Clarence Chander
Fromm Junction
Pate to lead Alpine Police as Jan 31 deadline nears
State Patrolman Jean Pate will become Alpine chief of police on Sunday February 1 after attending a state school in Austin January 25 through 31. He will replace Hamilton who resigned January 22 to join Reeves County Sheriff's Dept at Pecos. Pate expects no changes in personnel. Private dance and art classes start January 27 with Susan Long Durrant at Sul Ross. Weaving classes begin January 26 with sessions at the Women's Gym. Contact 827 2278 for details.
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Kimball
Willie Banner
Sanderson
Alpine
Carl Heinman
Charles Stringfellow
England
Virginia Phillips
el Paso
Sul Ross State University
Jean Pate
Austin
Pate
Hamilton
Reeves County Sheriff's Dept
Pecos
Susan Long Durrant
Sul Ross
Illinois Man Dies in Park in Camper Trailer
Leland Peck about 60 was found unconscious in a camper with his wife Lillian in Big Bend National Park. He died at the scene apparently from suffocation. Mrs. Peck was hospitalized in serious condition but later improved. Services for Mr. Peck are pending. In Jacksonville, Pvt. Joe Jaquez, son of Alpine residents, attends Aviation Electricians School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center learning electricity electronics and aircraft systems.
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Beardstown
Big Bend National Park
Leland Peck
Isalue Stillwell
Peck
Lillian
Mr. Peck
Geeslin Funeral Home
Alpine
Jacquez
Jacksonville
Fla
Speck elected senior warden at St James Episcopal
Dr Ernest Speck was elected senior warden at St James Episcopal Church during the annual meeting Sunday night January 18. He succeeds Jim Glasscock who served four years and retires from the Bishop's Committee after 15 years. Mrs Norman McNeil and Miss Laurene Lighthouse were reelected to the Bishop's Committee and Mrs George Bechtel was named clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Speck
St. James Episcopal Church
Jim Glasscock
Norman McNeil
Laurene Lighthouse
George Bechtel
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Jack Shely
Texas Goat Raisers Assn
Mike Surratt
Amb
Big Bend
Hallie
Ilinois
Dr. Speck
Renneys
Orig
Gaymode
Agilon
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